9-27-09
Mja Inc Investigations
BRI_M--059
Mja Public Record File : BRIANNA MAITLAND 17 years old
Missing since:3-19-2004 Vermont
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Mja Inc--TK Stout-IN.
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Four Years Later, Maitland Still Missing
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?s=8043773Enosburg Falls, Vermont - March 19, 2008
Two small candles placed on a memorial in Enosburg Falls on Wednesday night commemorated the day when 17-year-old Brianna Maitland vanished. Four years later police say they are still getting leads but have no idea what happened to Maitland
Maitland was last seen on March 19, 2004, leaving work at the Black Lantern Inn. Her car was found a day later, abandoned behind an empty building off Route 118.
In the years since, police have followed tips that said she was involved in illegal drug activity. Now police say there is no evidence to back that up.
They've also followed tips that a girl who looked like Maitland was seen in Atlantic City. Investigators from Vermont traveled to Atlantic City, but were never able to track down the girl people reportedly saw, so they couldn't confirm if she was or was not Maitland.
Mja Inc. Investigations, a private investigation firm, is also searching for Maitland. Members of the agency are the ones who held the small memorial for Maitland on Wednesday. They took over after the friend who put on the vigil in years past said she couldn't do it this year.
"Things like this has to keep going on for the missing," said Mark Harper, of Mja. "Once it stops it's hard to get the momentum back. You got to keep the case out to the public."
Harper says he is frustrated because usually this long into an investigation he has some idea of what happened to the missing person.
In the last ten months police have gone back over every piece of evidence. They have conducted dozens of interviews and followed a number of new leads but nothing that's brought them closer to solving the mystery.
"We are still optimistic that we, there's information out there, that someone may have information that's going to lead us in the right direction, and we'll be able to find out what happened to her," said Vermont State Police Lt. Glenn Hall.
Police say it's not unusual for people to have information about a case without realizing it. They are asking anyone who knows something, even if it seems trivial, to contact the State Police in St. Albans.
Bianca Slota - WCAX News
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http://www.wptz.com/news/21102827/detail.htmlhttp://www.wptz.com/video/21108971/index.htmlPolice Searching Area Where Maitland Disappeared
Vermont Teen Missing Since 2004
POSTED: 11:09 am EDT September 24, 2009
UPDATED: 8:27 pm EDT September 24, 2009
MONTGOMERY, Vt. -- Vermont authorities announced Thursday they are resuming their search for clues regarding Brianna Maitland, the 17-year-old Vermont girl who disappeared near the town of Montgomery more than five years go.
Vermont State Police said they are conducting an extensive search of the fields and a wooded area near where Maitland's car was found near a barn off Route 118.She was last seen on March 19, 2004, after leaving the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery.
The barn where her vehicle was found is located roughly half a mile from the inn.Police said their investigation into her disappearance has indicated a strong possibility that she was a victim of foul play.
State police detectives have followed numerous leads in the case and said the latest search is a continuation of that process. Police said the focus of the search is on locating any evidence that could provide clues to her disappearance.
The Maitland case has gripped Vermont since she vanished after leaving the Black Lantern Inn, where she worked as a dishwasher. Her 1985 Oldsmobile 88 was found about a mile away, smashed into an abandoned barn.Four days later, her parents reported her missing.
Since then, police have followed two leads; a pair of jeans found in Montgomery Center in 2007 and an alleged sighting in 2006 on surveillance video from a casino in Atlantic City.
Neither led to Maitland's discovery and her parents have since offered a $20,000 reward in the case.Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Vermont State Police at 802-524-5993.
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